The district also is celebrating improved student performance on the 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program tests. The percentages of proficient and advanced scores in 17 of 18 assessments were higher last year than in 2011.

The largest Detroit increase was 11.3 percent on the eighth grade reading test.

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